Groundhog Day (1993) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!! 

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Scrooged is good, but Groundhog Day is a masterpiece, imho. Bill Murray said he considers it his magnum opus not just for his movie career but also as an actor. Fun fact: That's the director Harold Ramis as the neurologist.

The mayor-the heimliched guy- the auction guy- is Brian Doyle Murray- one of Bill's brothers.

There are a lot of essays written about this movie, about how he changes, about what breaks the loop, etc. I've seen this movie a dozen times or more, and I get something new from it each time. I think this year, it occurred to me that every nice thing he does, every beautiful moment he crafts, each time he makes an effort to make someone else's day better, he does it with no hope of reward or recognition. It will vanish and no one will know, but he does it anyway. He is no longer seeking his own hedonistic pleasures, but he is finding the pleasure in helping others. He doesn't even seek the praise of the moment, knowing that all glory is temporary anyway, within the loop, and probably in real life as well. But he does it anyway, knowing that he is making those lives lighter, better, happier. It's a sweet movie.

It's crazy how many really iconicc unforgettable movies I saw growing up that people today have never seen. It's cool to be able to see someone else njoy them for the first time.

You can learn a lot after 35 years straight of reliving Groundhog Day every day!

I lose my emotional composure every time the old man scenes play, it's just so heavy.

I love when Phil is playing the piano, and the pianist teacher was like "That's my student"... imagine, she has only known him for that day. If you were say a Cello teacher, and some dude shows up at your house, pays you for lessons, plays better than you do, then you see him later that night jamming out in concert, do you really consider them your student from her angle? I mean, yeah, she did teach him, technically, but for all she knows, he was that talented the first time she "recalls" meeting him.

One of my favourites. It still stands up as a movie but also, the work that went into it to recreate the exact movements in the background perfomers day after day - wonderful. Such great direction from the late, great Harold Ramis. Groundhog Day to me is a modern fairytale, he learns to be a better person and life allows him to move on. If you like this, another one to consider is 'Stranger Than Fiction' starring Will Ferrell. It's another modern fairytale that some will take apart as non sensical but as pieces of storytelling they're both magical.

The man who is choking in the restaurant is Brian Doyle-Murray Bill Murray's brother he plays in a lot of his movies.

I'd argue that it was the reversal of Murray's character from ambition-hungry, miserable in the moment, and dismissive of people to life-focused, enjoyment and investment in the moment, and compassion for other people that is the major shift of the movie, more so than it being about love. Simply, it's a "stop and smell the roses" movie.

This is like a Christmas movie, I watch it every year. It still gets me. So good.

The part with the old homeless man dying always gets me because it's in relative contrast to the rest of the movie and is unexpected. It's estimated that Phil is in this time loop for at least 5 or 6 years considering how many skills he ends up mastering (fluent French, piano, etc). He needed to learn humility and selflessness to get out of it.

"Give it a couple more months and he'll be a pro." More like years...

Imagine being able to spend a decade re-doing the same day(without aging) and using that time to learn and hone as many skills as possible..... speak and read 12 languages....ice sculptor....pianist....guitarist....craftsman....fisherman....hunter....archer....shooter....doctor....mathematician....philosopher....poet....strategist....leader.... Just wow.

He became a better person long before the end. The catalyst for breaking the loop was winning Rita's love.

The spy who knew too much , is a great bill film, This is an all time favorite , when he kidnaps the groundhog and tells him to use mirrors I lost it ……thanks for the upload ,

Late to the party but if you haven't already been told, the writers say Phil was stuck in the loop for 30-40 years.

ever get that feeling of deja vu

I read that this movie was also supposed to be a euphemism for the afterlife and purgatory in that he is to be at peace to move on to happiness. Once he did that and was content with his life, and kind, he could "move on" so to speak.

Read somewhere that in the script notes it's supposed to be forty-two years he's stuck in that day! :0)

I have seen this more times than I can even remember. We were freshmen in college when it came out and watched every couple of days to the point where we all knew all the lines. It's an incredible movie. There's some debate on how long he was there, 12,400 days is a popular figure. Say 35 years.

This is one of those movies you can watch over and over and never get enough. Also, the guy playing the mayor is his brother.

he was in the loop for 33 years.

According to the script writer, Danny Rubin, Phil Connors lived the same day for 10,000 years.

The most unbelievable thing about this movie is that anyone's favorite drink is just pure vermouth.

Great Movie. . Fun fact the mayor of the town is Bill Murray real brother. Also there was suppose to be a scene that there was a witch who cursed Phil but they decided not to put it in and leave it open. Another movie with same time loop story but more serious and sci fi is The Edge of Tomorrow 2014 with Tom Cruise. Another great Bill Murray sarcastic comedy movie is MeatBalls or the Ghostbusters movies.

In my thoughts, when she bought him at the auction and said that she owned him on the next day, she held the key to a new day.

I watched this movie in 2003 i remember that i always wanted to live there because it looked so cozy haha

I think this, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, Caddyshack, and What about Bob are my favorite Bill Murray movies

still an under rated classic

That is a super young Michael Shannon. His second movie ever.

min 17:00, exactly Phil was trapped into the loop for 8 years, 8 months and 16 days, said by director and also Ghostbuster Harold Ramis. On the script the intented amount of time was planned on 10.000 years. Happy groundhog day!

And yes, that is Michael Shannon.... and his wife is Hynden Walch, the voice of Starfire and Princess Bubblegum.... so there is that.

The crazy thing is that most people don't realize is that he lived this day FOR YEARS -- most people think its a few days but the filmmakers said it was years

since the movie never says it, but there are some dark theories about how long he repeated that day. I don't know how they got the info they did, but many think it was thousands of times stuck in that loop.

Love the videos been watching most of them in order. Kinda blows my mind how both of you never watched so many of these great movies till now. Enjoy

18:45 "Is that a super-young Michael Shannon?" It is indeed, and it's hilarious to me that you should use the phrase "super-young". I don't know how into superhero movies or comics you're into, but to those of us who are into superheroes, the casting of Shannon in this movie is hilarious and not just for him alone. Shannon, as you may know, played General Zod in the Superman movie Man of Steel (2013). The actress playing his bride in Groundhog Day is Hynden Walch. Walch has become primarily a cartoon voice actress (she voiced Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time, one of the more famous cartoon tv series of the past decade) and ever since 2003, she's been voicing Starfire in the Teen Titans cartoon tv series. General Zod and Starfire are characters with a lot of weird, coincidental things in common. Both of them were created by DC Comics. Both of them have strong ties to the two most popular and famous DC characters, Superman and Batman. General Zod is one of Superman's worst enemies. Starfire is often a love interest to Batman's teen sidekick, Robin. (Teen Titans, in case you don't know, is a team of young superheroes where Robin is usually the leader and Starfire is a prominent member.) Both General Zod and Starfire are superstrong aliens from other planets. Zod is from the planet Krypton, Starfire is from the planet Tamaran. So for us superhero fans, for Shannon and Walch to play a young couple in this movie, makes Groundhog Day more than just a classic comedy, it's the movie where General Zod marries Starfire, a Krypton-Tamaran wedding alliance!

Check "Lost in Translation" for a more serious Bill Murray

I have that Sonny and Cher song as my morning alarm... so I wake up to it... everything... single... day.

It is a classic movie and in my top 10 movies of all time.

Its so original and timeless

The writers said that he lived this day 10,000 times.

Yaaay I looove this movie so glad you reacted to it. Clicked so fast to see... Similar hearth warming movie is Amélie, a French award winning film.

Buster is played by Bill Murray’s older brother Bryan. He was also in Scrooged as the mean father.

Movie suggestion: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), with Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell. If you haven't seen it, obviously. :)

oh what a prefect timing to watch this reaction. Thank you in advance for making my night happier!

You guys should definitely do The Apartment, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MaClaine if you liked this.

Rest In Power Harold Ramis

I think Bill Murray's best AHole role is in 'Kingpin', You just want to kill the character. You should check that one out, it is another comedy and has Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Chris Elliot in it.

Just leaving this here to see if it's still here tomorrow!

And to think that Andie MacDowell's film debut was "Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan" as Jane where her voice was dubbed by Glenn Close because her accent was too southern and didn't sound like an English person. Almost was the end of her career but she pervailed and became a star in spite of everything.

This movie defines manipulation at its best and what a great movie it is

You should watch "What About Bob?" starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. It's hilarious! 😂

GROUNDHOG DAY - great choice !!! Still love the movie have it on DVD myself. Back in the early Nineties here in Germany it was running in concurrence to MADE IN AMERICA wiht Whoopy GOLDBERG

A beer a day keeps the soul sucking vampires At Bay

14:34 Why did he have to take the groundhog with him because he thought if killing the groundhog and himself he would end Groundhog Day Loop but that didn’t work.

Love this reaction. GROUNDHOG DAY is a perfect valentine of a movie.

Ha, this is the first comedy I've watched with you guys, this was so much fun!!!! Hope you're having a great Saturday!

Bill Murry and Chevy Chase on Caddyshack one movie 2 great comedians Caddyshack 2 add Rodney Dangerfield and it's absolutely hilarious.

Altered States (1980) The Void (2016)

The director says in an interview that he was trapped in the loop for 34 years

Have you guys seen Something About Mary?

they should rerelease this in theatres, but call it "GroundhogDay2"

A wonderful film. Simple as that.

watch QUICK CHANGE with Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards - I think it's Bill Murray's funniest movie

You should watch Lost in Translation with Bill Murray.

This is a favorite movie.

have you guys done man who knew too little. that was my favorite bill murray movie

Movie is intentionally a metaphor for living your life and not getting stuck into a day to day routine for the rest of your life like your reliving the same day.

Wait a minute, this is the third Groundhog Day reaction video I've seen in 24 hours!... I'll be snapping a pencil before I go to bed tonight

Something I never really caught onto until just now: You never see any scenes of the bachelor auction/groundhog party until towards the end. Probably because the mayor of the city choked on his meal and died, surely causing the cancellation of the event.

Rest in peace Harold Ramis.

Every single time, the arc about the homeless guy gets right to my heart.

In the original script, he was there for 10,000 years... That's enough to drive anyone crazy, especially not having any hot water for 10,000 years LOL

"The movie, as everyone knows, is about a man who finds himself living the same day over and over and over again. He is the only person in his world who knows this is happening, and after going through periods of dismay and bitterness, revolt and despair, suicidal self-destruction and cynical recklessness, he begins to do something that is alien to his nature. He begins to learn." - Roger Ebert

It's Groundhog Day Today!

I have a tradition of watching Groundhog Day every February 2nd. I have watched this great film every Groundhog Day for the last 20+ years. It's obviously one of my favorite films of all time. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it.

The piece of music that director Harold Ramis chose for Phil Connors to learn on the piano is kind of the key to the plot structure of the film (or as the musical equivalent). The piece of music Phil learns is one of the variations from Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (the 18th variation). Rhapsody on a Theme adheres to the variation form. It begins with a theme, a single musical idea, in this case a simple melody, which Rachmaninoff borrowed from another piece of music (composed by Niccolò Paganini, hence the name). The rest of the piece is comprised of 24 variations on that musical idea. Each variation differs slightly-in harmony, rhythm, tone, or orchestration-but the fundamental musical idea is constant, repeated over and over and over. It’s the musical equivalent of Groundhog Day. Also, Phil’s first reaction to his predicament is to go wild, mocking people, stealing money, sucker-punching poor Ned. Similarly, Rachmaninoff starts his variations out on a lighthearted, almost playful note, marked by daring, inventive flourishes from the piano. But as the piece goes on, and the variations mount, the tone shifts to become darker and more ominous. The seventh variation introduces the Dies Irae, a medieval hymn associated with death. This parallels Phil’s descent into depression, leading to several (unsuccessful) suicide attempts and the most memorable shot in the film. Here’s where the 18th variation comes in. That heart-swooning melody, shining out like a lighthouse in a storm, has an important relationship to the original theme. It is the same A minor theme, but inverted and transposed to a major key. The notes are literally flipped upside down. Rachmaninoff takes what was dark, brooding, and melancholy, and transforms it into something beautiful and transcendent, simply by reversing the initial condition, by seeing things from another point of view. This is exactly what Bill Murray’s character does in Groundhog Day. To undo the curse, to achieve nirvana/grace/freedom, Phil must learn to make the best of his situation, to turn sour grapes into wine, the worst day of his life into one he (and we) will never forget. The very elements that caused Phil such annoyance in the beginning (Ned’s nagging, Punxsutawney’s quirkiness, Rita’s piety) are inverted-he buys every policy Ned offers, embraces Punxsutawney’s people and their crazy Groundhog traditions, and adopts Rita’s rosy outlook on life as his own. A brilliant film... much better than Scrooged, imho. Though a lengthy response, figured I'd pass this on, as I found it fascinating when I read about it a while ago.

The film works so great because they really exhaust all the possibilities of the premise, including depression and suicide. With a lesser script this could've easily just been a romantic comedy with a bunch of gimmicks.

RIP Egon directed this masterpiece, this beautiful movie.

Yes, that is a young Michael Shannon.

Danny Rubin was the screenwriter, and is apparently a Buddhist, so the story is somewhat of a microcosm of the the Buddhist journey of reincarnation and betterment.

I think what "broke the spell" was happiness, which he says the last night before the day finally changes: "I'm happy."

One of the (many, many) small details I've always enjoyed about this movie is the piano teacher. On Phil's last "perfect" day, he doesn't technically need her anymore (as he'd be an expert pianist by then). But hearing the teacher tell Rita that Phil is her student means Phil went to her house again that day, paid her, and gave her credit.

I've seen it explained as , he had to learn to appreciate others and not be so egocentric to break the spell. Even when he first tries to seduce Rita, it was for his own selfish ways. After doing so much for so many, when he HONESTLY meant he was in love with her, the snow falling on them was the first clue. It never did before.

This is easily the best movie set on February 2.

The writer said somewhere around 10 years.

This is for sure one of my favorite movies. On that final day, when Phil and Rita kiss (right at 19:44) it begins to snow - and I believe it hadn't snowed before at that time. So, that means the spell was broken right then, with a kiss. As they're kissing, Phil even looks up and notices the snow - which is interesting. You'd figure if he noticed it snowing when it never did before, that he'd definitely know things were different. Hmmm...or maybe it means that he was so happy in that moment that he didn't even notice that things were different? (Also, if you've seen It's A Wonderful Life...SPOILER ALERT... ...at the end of the movie, when George is on the bridge it begins to snow when the spell is lifted.)

One of the greatest films of the 20th century.

“If you’re going eat steak, get some sharper teeth”

A professor I was under at University used Groundhog Day to decipher the Jewish Philosopher Emannuel Levinas. He essentially broke the film down in several steps. !. Phil is upset and discontent living the same day every day, this manifests into reality when Phil literally lives the same day (a day he hates) over and over again. 2. Phil realizes that there are no consequences to his life and becomes a nihilist ie. The joker or The Comedian, he does anything he wants mostly evil. 3. Phil realizes there is only pleasure in sin for a season and soon his life melts down to an existential crisis and suicide. 4. Phil begins to use his monotony as a way out when Rita suggests he study philosophy, (there is a stack of philosophy books next to him in the next scene), he starts to help people and recognizes "the other", this was the crux to Levinas's arguments on morality, one must see God through "the other". If you can recall Phil reads on the night Rita tries to stay over (the first time) and Phil reads "only God can make a tree grow". Phil then does good and tries all he can to help the old homeless man until he looks up in frustration at God and the line echos across the sky, so to speak. Phil realizes he cannot help him. So, he devotes the day to doing everything he can for the people of the town or "the other". 5. Phil finds love with Rita when he recognizes "the other" and makes his peace with God. This is a lesson we can all learn from even without the concepts such as God, it is meaning one can find in helping those around us and fulfillment in love.

If you want to know how long he kept repeating the same day, the director said it was revealed in the original script, and it was 10,000 years.

This movie is a great metaphor for the ideas of remaining present and always being your authentic self and letting go of your ego, if you want to get all spiritual about it LOL. (Once Phil does all of those things, the cycle is broken) It's also a perfect comedy, and there are very few of those! Loved your reactions!

Director confirmed that the loop lasted 10 years before it was broken, but the original draft of the script said the loop lasted 10,000 years. The movie has a whole different impact when you realize that phil was trapped reliving the same day for 10 years until he got it right.

This film definitely brings up every single emotion It’s a classic

The 3 quintessential Bill Murray movies: Ghostbusters, Lost in Translation and Groundhog Day. I blindly recommend any of these to any movie fan.

The doctor was played by Harold Ramis (Egon from Ghostbusters).

Now it's time for "Stripes" , staring ...... Bill Murray !!

I have this strange feeling like I've seen this before.